What was the world like in 1998?
India's #1 song of the year was Chaiyya Chaiyya from Dil Se.., topping Binaca Geetmala's annual countdown.
What things cost in 1998.
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
The world's number ones.
Every song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998.
Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight · Elton John
Truly Madly Deeply · Savage Garden
Together Again · Janet
Nice & Slow · Usher
My Heart Will Go On · Celine Dion
Gettin' Jiggy Wit It · Will Smith
All My Life · K-Ci & JoJo
Too Close · Next
My All · Mariah Carey
The Boy Is Mine · Brandy & Monica
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing · Aerosmith
The First Night · Monica
One Week · Barenaked Ladies
Doo Wop (That Thing) · Lauryn Hill
Lately · Divine
I'm Your Angel · R. Kelly & Celine Dion
It happened in 1998.
Google is founded
If you were born in 1998, none of this existed.
Kaun Banega Crorepati airs for the first time
Wikipedia goes online
The Delhi Metro opens
Facebook launches
The first video is uploaded to YouTube
The first iPhone goes on sale
India wins the first T20 World Cup
The first IPL match is played
And 15 more. Your exact day shows the full list.
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
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